(Audio) Fed Proposal to Drop “Reputation Risk” Could Shift Small Business Banking Access as Tariffs Raise Costs Noah Carmichael March 07, 2026 – 1 min read Share this post The Pulse Audio (Audio) African Startup Funding Rebounds as Debt Rises, While U.S. Small Businesses Face Tariff Volatility and a Coming Ownership Transfer Wave By Noah Carmichael • 1 min read The Pulse Audio (Audio) U.S. Tariff Uncertainty and Small-Business Strain vs. Rising African Mobility Investment By Noah Carmichael • 1 min read The Pulse Audio (Audio) Leadership Shifts in Houston and Rising African Fintech Capital Flows By Noah Carmichael • 1 min read Yesterday's Architects Jordan C. Jackson Jr.: The Self-Taught Slave Who Became Lexington's First Black Undertaker — Then Took on Jim Crow He taught himself to read and write in secret. He became a lawyer, newspaper editor, funeral director, and Republican National Convention delegate. He stood before the Kentucky legislature in 1892 and fought a segregation law. He credited his wife for everything. By BEB Editor • 11 min read The Pulse Enforcement Tightens the Operating Envelope for Fintech — Winners Will Treat Compliance as Product The Black Executive Journal — Afternoon Edition | Thursday, April 2, 2026 By BEB Editor • 6 min read Today's Builders He Ran a $23 Billion Business Unit. Then He Tried to Run the NAACP. Bruce S. Gordon spent 35 years climbing from management trainee to president of Verizon's retail division — overseeing $23 billion in annual revenue and 35,000 employees. When he walked into the NAACP in 2005, he was the most powerful corporate executive ever to hold the role. He lasted 19 months. By BEB Editor • 10 min read The Pulse Fed's 2026 Message Is "Higher-for-Longer" — The Real Story Is How Capital Is Being Repriced Across Borders The Black Executive Journal — Morning Edition | Thursday, April 2, 2026 By BEB Editor • 6 min read Featured Series The Spread That Nobody Talks About A multi-billion-dollar pricing gap in global remittances is fueling a race to own diaspora financial infrastructure. By Noah Carmichael • 8 min read Today's Builders He Built the Bible of Black Business From a $250,000 Bank Loan and a Blank Page Earl G. Graves Sr. did not inherit a media company. He created the category. In August 1970, with a loan from Chase Manhattan Bank, a small staff, and a mission that had no commercial precedent, he put the first issue of Black Enterprise on newsstands. By BEB Editor • 9 min read
The Pulse Audio (Audio) African Startup Funding Rebounds as Debt Rises, While U.S. Small Businesses Face Tariff Volatility and a Coming Ownership Transfer Wave By Noah Carmichael • 1 min read
The Pulse Audio (Audio) U.S. Tariff Uncertainty and Small-Business Strain vs. Rising African Mobility Investment By Noah Carmichael • 1 min read
The Pulse Audio (Audio) Leadership Shifts in Houston and Rising African Fintech Capital Flows By Noah Carmichael • 1 min read
Yesterday's Architects Jordan C. Jackson Jr.: The Self-Taught Slave Who Became Lexington's First Black Undertaker — Then Took on Jim Crow He taught himself to read and write in secret. He became a lawyer, newspaper editor, funeral director, and Republican National Convention delegate. He stood before the Kentucky legislature in 1892 and fought a segregation law. He credited his wife for everything. By BEB Editor • 11 min read
The Pulse Enforcement Tightens the Operating Envelope for Fintech — Winners Will Treat Compliance as Product The Black Executive Journal — Afternoon Edition | Thursday, April 2, 2026 By BEB Editor • 6 min read
Today's Builders He Ran a $23 Billion Business Unit. Then He Tried to Run the NAACP. Bruce S. Gordon spent 35 years climbing from management trainee to president of Verizon's retail division — overseeing $23 billion in annual revenue and 35,000 employees. When he walked into the NAACP in 2005, he was the most powerful corporate executive ever to hold the role. He lasted 19 months. By BEB Editor • 10 min read
The Pulse Fed's 2026 Message Is "Higher-for-Longer" — The Real Story Is How Capital Is Being Repriced Across Borders The Black Executive Journal — Morning Edition | Thursday, April 2, 2026 By BEB Editor • 6 min read
Featured Series The Spread That Nobody Talks About A multi-billion-dollar pricing gap in global remittances is fueling a race to own diaspora financial infrastructure. By Noah Carmichael • 8 min read
Today's Builders He Built the Bible of Black Business From a $250,000 Bank Loan and a Blank Page Earl G. Graves Sr. did not inherit a media company. He created the category. In August 1970, with a loan from Chase Manhattan Bank, a small staff, and a mission that had no commercial precedent, he put the first issue of Black Enterprise on newsstands. By BEB Editor • 9 min read
